Urease, a nickel-dependent metalloenzyme produced by diverse pathogens, catalyses the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, a reaction central to microbial survival in hostile ...

Since they are so non-selective, they can kill or control beneficial microbes as well as both targeted and non-targeted ...

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, spiral-shaped, flagellated bacterium, that colonizes the gastric mucosa. Although the gastric mucosa is protected against bacterial infections, H. pylori adapts ...

Ammonia emissions from agriculture are a major environmental concern and remain one of the most difficult nitrogen-related challenges facing sustainable ...

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ...

Abstract: A patient at the fifth stage of chronic kidney disease usually needs dialysis or transplantation. The adequacy of dialysis can be assessed by the dimensionless parameter Kt/V, which depends ...

In both matrices, increasing concentration substantially reduced the extent of urea hydrolysis, with only 1–20% of urea converted at the highest investigated CFs. Suppression of urease activity ...

Altered mental status. When P mirabilis infects the bladder, it can quickly cause urolithiasis (bladder or kidney stones). Up to 70% of bacteria isolated from patients with bacteria-induced stone ...